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  • noun Plural form of bassinette.

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Examples

  • Glaring at both Achilles and Ennis, I realized that somewhere a black mother had given birth to two idiots, and then dropped them from their bassinettes on their heads.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • Glaring at both Achilles and Ennis, I realized that somewhere a black mother had given birth to two idiots, and then dropped them from their bassinettes on their heads.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • Glaring at both Achilles and Ennis, I realized that somewhere a black mother had given birth to two idiots, and then dropped them from their bassinettes on their heads.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • At the hospital, in view of all those babies in their bassinettes and nurses strolling the hallway, he told him, “Don't think about giving him your last name without marrying.”

    Comes After Cato 2010

  • The babies, looking cherubic in their bassinettes, both napped longer than usual.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins and More Jack Canfield 2009

  • The babies, looking cherubic in their bassinettes, both napped longer than usual.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins and More Jack Canfield 2009

  • The clerk led her to the display of bassinettes, which was an unfortunate error since the lady was an old maid.

    Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Anonymous

  • Clothes baskets, market baskets, chaff baskets, bassinettes or cradles, &c., are some few of the articles manufactured from it.

    Hodge and His Masters Richard Jefferies 1867

  • Pacific, for example, have baby bassinettes and toilets with diaper - changing tables.

    TODAYonline 2010

  • In the basement, he found "floor to ceiling" toys and other items, eight cribs and portable cribs, two bassinettes, two stacked portable cribs, and he said smoke detectors in the home were not functional.

    The Appleton Post-Crescent Latest Headlines 2010

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